Brian Whittaker

Brian Whittaker
Personal information
Date of birth	23 September 1956
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	7 September 1997 (aged 40)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sighthill Amateurs
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1983	Partick Thistle
1983–1984	Celtic
1984–1990	Heart of Midlothian
1990–1992	Falkirk
Total
International career
1978–1980	Scottish League XI
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Whittaker (23 September 1956 – 7 September 1997) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian and Falkirk.

Career

Left-back Whittaker came to prominence whilst playing over 350 games for Partick Thistle in all competitions between 1974 and 1983,^[1] eventually becoming one of manager David Hay's first signings for Celtic in August 1983 for a fee of £50,000.

In May 1984 he was sold to Hearts for £25,000 and spent six years as a player at Tynecastle Park. Whittaker was an integral part of the Hearts team which was pipped to the league title by Celtic in the last minutes of the 1985–86 Scottish Premier Division season, and also played on the losing side in the losing 1986 Scottish Cup Final.

Whittaker spent some time at Falkirk before returning to Hearts as a coach, then moving on to working as an agent. He was killed in a car crash on Sunday 7 September 1997.^[2]

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

Scottish Cup: runner-up 1986

References

^ Players W-Z Archived 20 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Partick Thistle History Archive
^ Brian Whitaker Obituary, The Glasgow Herald

External links

Brian Whittaker at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
The Times^{[dead link]}
http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/whittakerbrian.html

[1] Players W-Z Archived 20 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Partick Thistle History Archive

[2] Brian Whitaker Obituary, The Glasgow Herald

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